Don't Lose Your Head!
身代わり忠臣蔵
Synopsis
In 1701, an insult led to a sword slash between the heads of the Ako clan and the Kira clan in Shogun's court. The head of the Ako clan was ordered to commit seppuku, and his loyal retainers plotted revenge against the Kira clan. This led to the legendary events known as the "47 ronin incident". However, unknown to most, the head of the Kira clan, Kozukenosuke Kira, is already dead from his wounds. Impersonating him is his slacker monk brother Takaaki, who has to prevent his brother's death being found out to protect his clan – and accidentally befriends Ooishi, the leader of the Ako men who wouldn't really want to go through with the revenge. Will Takaaki survive with his head?
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Tsuyoshi Muro
Kira Takaaki | Kira Kozukenosuke
Eita Nagayama
Oishi Kuranosuke
Haruna Kawaguchi
Kikyo
Kento Hayashi
Saito Kunai
Kazuki Kitamura
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
Kanichiro
Shimizu Ichigaku
Win Morisaki
Horibe Yasubei
Chikara Honda
Horie Hanemon
Hidetoshi Hoshida
Hara Soemon
Maho Nonami
Oishi Riku
Ukon Onoe
Asano Takuminokami
Manami Hashimoto
Takao Tayu
Akira Emoto
Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
Mizuki Itagaki
Kato Taemon
Tomoki Hirose
Kataoka Gengoemon
Takayuki Hamatsu
Okuda Magodayu
Konatsu Kato
Harunagi
Kouta Nomura
Okano Kinemon
Release History & Theatrical Window
Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival
Festival / Special Debut
Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Hayato Kawai
- Screenplay & Story
- Akihiro Dobashi
- Original Score
- Shogo Kaida
- Original Title
- 身代わり忠臣蔵
- Country of Origin
- Japan
- Spoken Languages
- Japanese
- Runtime
- Unknown
- Production Studios
- Toei Company, AOI Pro., Toei Studios Kyoto, TC Entertainment, dentsu, The Asahi Shimbun, Nippon Broadcasting System, Nippan Group Holdings, MBS, Koei Tecmo Games
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Hayato Kawai
Akihiro Dobashi
Shogo Kaida
Shinya Kimura
Ryuichi Takita
Kazuki Fukushima, Mio Morita
Department Leadership Roster
Shinya Kimura
Director of Photography
Kazuki Fukushima
Producer
Mio Morita
Producer
Hayato Kawai
Director
Akihiro Dobashi
Writer
Shogo Kaida
Original Music Composer
Toshiyuki Matsumiya
Production Design
Ryuichi Takita
Editor
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Frequently Asked Questions About Don't Lose Your Head!
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What is Don't Lose Your Head! about?
In 1701, an insult led to a sword slash between the heads of the Ako clan and the Kira clan in Shogun's court. The head of the Ako clan was ordered to commit seppuku, and his loyal retainers plotted revenge against the Kira clan. This led to the legendary events known as the "47 ronin incident". However, unknown to most, the head of the Kira clan, Kozukenosuke Kira, is already dead from his wounds. Impersonating him is his slacker monk brother Takaaki, who has to prevent his brother's death being found out to protect his clan – and accidentally befriends Ooishi, the leader of the Ako men who wouldn't really want to go through with the revenge. Will Takaaki survive with his head?
Who directed Don't Lose Your Head!?
Don't Lose Your Head! was directed by Hayato Kawai.
Who stars in Don't Lose Your Head!?
The principal cast of Don't Lose Your Head! includes Tsuyoshi Muro, Eita Nagayama, Haruna Kawaguchi, Kento Hayashi, Kazuki Kitamura.
When was Don't Lose Your Head! released and how long is it?
Don't Lose Your Head! was released in 2024 with a total runtime of Unknown.
Who composed the musical score for Don't Lose Your Head!?
The original motion picture soundtrack for Don't Lose Your Head! was composed by Shogo Kaida.